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NiMet predicts 60% chances of more rains in 2018

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted 60 per cent chances of wittiest season ever in history over Nigeria in…

Suspected cholera cases in Yemen hit 1m – ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has hit one…
Police explain how one Jafar, a student of IBB University, Lapai, Niger State, died after he was attacked at a Student Lodge in the town

IBB varsity SUG demands rehabilitation of Paiko-Lapai Road ‎

The Student Union Government (SUG) of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, has called on Niger Government to rehabilitate the Paiko-Lapai…

Fuel scarcity: NNPC lauded for pumping petrol into Ejigbo Depot

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ejigbo Depot, has lauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for pumping…
FG frees 15 inmates from Katsina custodial centre

Group frees 6 prisoners to celebrate members’ birthdays

A group, under the aegis of Business and Professional Women (BPW), on Thursday secured freedom for six prisoners in Keffi,…

Nigerians warned against storing petrol at home

Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin, the Group Chairman, Osun State Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN), has warned the masses against storing…

Lagos port: Port Operators Groan Over Gridlock

Shippers (importers and exporters) are groaning over delays in business transactions at the Lagos ports due to the harrowing gridlock…

Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reach over 143m

The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached over 143 million at the end of November with addition of…

Olubadan’s wife dies at 71

The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Thursday lost one of his queens, Olori Kudirat Aduke.
Fraud

Pastor docked for duping worshipper of N1.1m

A 40-year-old man, Femi Adewale, was on Thursday arraigned before Chief Magistrate B. B. Adebowale of an Ota Magistrates’ Court…

Association tells LASG to decentralise town planning

The Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), Lagos State Chapter, has called on the state government to decentralise…

Group to launch data economy, longevity app

Insilico Medicine, a US-based organisation, on Thursday said it would launch a health application ‘Longenesis’ to help Africans monetise their…

China urges U.S to maintain healthy, stable bilateral ties

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday urged the United States to work with China to maintain healthy and stable bilateral…

Army chief vows to punish disloyal, disobedient personnel

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has warned that any act of disloyalty, disobedience to constituted authority and…
Doctors in the theatre. bandit doctors arrested in Kaduna

Expert tasks health professionals on communication skills

A communication expert, Mr Oladele Olunike, on Thursday, advised health professionals to develop communication skills that would be more effective…

Somalia: Insufficient funding threatens peacekeeping operations

Lack of funding is threatening the operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an African Union (AU) official…

Reform: Pope condemns `betrayers’ in Vatican bureaucracy

People serving in the Vatican’s bureaucracy should be loyal to the pope and avoid conspiracies and “little cliques,’’ Pope Francis…

Teenage pregnancy: Beauty queen takes advocacy to schools

Miss Humanitarian Beauty Queen 2017/18, Bertha Amuga, on Friday said she was taking a sensitisation campaign against teenage pregnancy to…

Nasarawa government freezes MDAs accounts

The Nasarawa State Government has frozen the accounts of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) over non-compliance with its directive.…

1 dead, 97 injured after earthquake strikes Iran

One person was killed and 97 injured when a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the suburbs of the Iranian capital Tehran, the…

Video of anti-semitic abuse of Berlin restaurant owner goes viral

Video footage showing a 60-year-old German man hurling anti-Semitic abuse at an Israeli restaurant owner in Berlin had been shared…
Turkish police detain 30 suspects over links to failed coup

Turkish police seize 26,450 ancient artefacts in mass raids

Turkish Police have seized more than 26,450 ancient artefacts from numerous Middle Eastern civilisations in a massive sweep which also…

Delayed Flight prevents lawmakers from attending Digital Switch Over launch

Two lawmakers scheduled to attend the launch of Ilorin Digital Switch Over (DSO) on Wednesday were forced to return to…

China tells EU to abide by WTO rules

China on Thursday urged the EU to abide by WTO rules and avoid abusing trade remedy measures. The EU has…

Danger, as carbide ripened fruits flood markets

Apart from its various industrial uses, calcium carbide is increasingly becoming popular as a means of force-ripening fruits in many…

Chinese authorities announce 69 doping offences

Chinese anti-doping authorities on Thursday announced 69 doping rule violations as of the end of November.

Wreck of Australian WWI submarine found after 103 years

The wreck of Australia’s first submarine, a World War I vessel that disappeared 103 years ago during a patrol near…
Northern Nigeria classified as Hunger hot spot

Yuletide: Cleric urges Nigerians to remember the needy

Pastor Festus Olusanya of Miracle Church of Christ, Kilanko, Kwara, has urged Nigerians to remember the poor and the needy…
UN

UN adopts another Nigeria-sponsored resolution to curb illicit financial flows

The UN General Assembly has adopted by consensus another Nigeria-sponsored resolution to promote international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows…
IMF projects global growth to remain unchanged at 3.2 per cent in 2024 and 2025, as inflation recedes in its October WEO Update Report

IMF ends week-long mission to Congo Republic

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended a week of negotiations aimed at hammering out a deal to bail out Congo…